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Chris Bentley | Pogues Fan
Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:26 am
While attempting to contact my friend Chris Bentley in San Francisco today to see if he could join us for one of the Pogues shows, I learned that he passed away from a heart attack. Chris was a great friend and we shared a radio show together in college. I will miss you buddy and will be thinking of you at the shows...
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I'm sorry to hear that Clash Caddy. RIP indeed.
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Rat Pack RIP
Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:24 pm
It looks like the last remaining member of the Rat Pack won't
be making it to the Palms Nov. 2.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printeditio ... &cset=true
be making it to the Palms Nov. 2.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printeditio ... &cset=true
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Re: Rat Pack RIP
Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:22 am
Mike from Boston wrote:It looks like the last remaining member of the Rat Pack won't
be making it to the Palms Nov. 2.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printeditio ... &cset=true
This takes us to a log in screen. Who died?
What kind of fuckery is this?
A. Winehouse
A. Winehouse
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Re: Rat Pack RIP
Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:00 pm
Eric V wrote:Mike from Boston wrote:It looks like the last remaining member of the Rat Pack won't
be making it to the Palms Nov. 2.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printeditio ... &cset=true
This takes us to a log in screen. Who died?
Joey Bishop
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Porter Wagoner
Porter Wagoner, who I had the good fortune to see and videotape at
Ralph Stanley's Hills of Home Festival in May of this year, passed away
from lung cancer yesterday. He was 80 but sure didn't look it.
Wagoner's illness came after a comeback that saw him recording again and
gaining new fans even as he reached his 80s.
In May 2007 he celebrated his 50th year in the Opry. After years without
a recording contract, he also signed with ANTI- records, an eclectic Los
Angeles label best known for alt-rock acts like Tom Waits, Nick Cave
and Neko Case.
The CD "Wagonmaster," produced with Marty Stuart, was released in June
2007 and earned Wagoner some of the best reviews of his career. Over
the summer, he also was the opening act for the influential rock duo White
Stripes at a sold-out show at New York's Madison Square Garden.
"I was thinking while on stage last night, 'This is the biggest, most well-
known arena in the country, and here I am performing at it,'" he told The
Associated Press at the time.
The Missouri-born Wagoner signed with RCA Records in 1955 and joined
the Opry in 1957. "It's the greatest place in the world to have a career in
country music," he said in 1997.
His showmanship, rhinestone suits and pompadoured hair made him
famous, with his own syndicated TV show, "The Porter Wagoner Show,"
for 21 years beginning in 1960. It was one of the first syndicated shows
to come out of Nashville, and it set a pattern for many others.
"Some shows are mechanical, but ours was not polished and slick," he said
in 1982.
(I must admit, as a kid I HATED his show. He was the epitome of my old
man's generation, a hick. I had to get a lot older before I gained any
appreciation of Porter.)
Among his hits, many of which he wrote or co-wrote, were "Carroll County
Accident," "A Satisfied Mind," "Company's Comin'," "Skid Row Joe," "Misery
Loves Company" and "Green Green Grass of Home."
The songs often told stories of tragedy or despair. In "Carroll County
Accident," a married man having an affair is killed in a car crash; "Skid
Row Joe" deals with a once-famous singer who's lost everything.
(MY all-time favorite is "The Rubber Room", a great psych-hillbilly hybrid
about the looney bin. There's a sequel to it, "Committed To Parkview",
written by Johnny Cash about a Nashville asylum both Porter and Johnny
spent some time in, on his new album.)
In 2002, Wagoner was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
To many music fans, though, he was best known as the man who boosted
Parton's career. He had hired the 21-year-old singer as his duet partner in
1967, when she was just beginning to gain notice through songs such
as "Dumb Blonde."
They were the Country Music Association's duo of the year in 1970 and
1971, recording hit duets including "The Last Thing on My Mind."
Parton's solo country records, such as her autobiographical "Coat of Many
Colors," also began climbing the charts in the early 1970s. She wrote the
pop standard "I Will Always Love You" in 1973 after Wagoner suggested
she shift from story songs to focus on love songs.
The two quit singing duets in 1974 and she went on to wide stardom with
pop hits and movies such as "9 to 5," whose theme song was also a hit
for her. Wagoner sued her for $3 million in assets, but they settled out of
court in 1980. He said later they were always friendly, "but it's a fact that
when you're involved with attorneys and companies that have them on
retainer, it makes a different story."
At a charity roast for Wagoner in 1995, she explained the breakup this
way: "We split over creative differences. I was creative, and Porter was
different."
He said in a 1982 Associated Press interview that his show "was a training
ground for her; she learned a great deal and I exposed her to very
important people and the country music fans."
She was present at the ceremony in May 2007 honoring Wagoner on his
silver anniversary with the Opry. At the time, he called Parton "one of my
best friends today." She also visited him in the hospital as he battled
cancer.
Wagoner was born in West Plains, Mo., and became known as "The Thin
Man From West Plains" because of his lanky frame. He recalled that he spent hours as a child pretending to be an Opry performer, using a tree
stump as a stage.
He started in radio, then became a regular on the "Ozark Jubilee," one of
the first televised national country music shows. On the Opry since 1957,
he joined Roy Acuff and other onetime idols.
At one point his wardrobe included more than 60 handmade rhinestone
suits. (Most of them were Nudie suits, I think. He had a snazzy purple
one on when I saw him.)
"Rhinestone suits are just beautiful under the lights," he said. "They've
become a big part of my career. I get more compliments on my outfits
than any other entertainer -- except for Liberace."
While he continued with the Opry, and even had a small part in the 1982
movie "Honky Tonk Man" starring Clint Eastwood, his recording career
dried up in the 1980s.
"I stopped making records because I didn't like the way they were wanting
me to record," he said. "When RCA dropped me from the label, I didn't
really care about making records for another label because I didn't have
any say in what they would release and how they would make the records
and so forth."
After his New York show in 2007, tears came to his eyes as he recalled the
reaction.
"The young people I met backstage, some of them were 20 years old.
They wanted to get my autograph and tell me they really liked me. If
only they knew how that made me feel, like a new breath of fresh air.
To have new fans now is a tremendous thing."
(I'm not 20, but seeing him in May made me a new fan. He was great.
Rest in Peace, Porter!)
Porter Wagoner, who I had the good fortune to see and videotape at
Ralph Stanley's Hills of Home Festival in May of this year, passed away
from lung cancer yesterday. He was 80 but sure didn't look it.
Wagoner's illness came after a comeback that saw him recording again and
gaining new fans even as he reached his 80s.
In May 2007 he celebrated his 50th year in the Opry. After years without
a recording contract, he also signed with ANTI- records, an eclectic Los
Angeles label best known for alt-rock acts like Tom Waits, Nick Cave
and Neko Case.
The CD "Wagonmaster," produced with Marty Stuart, was released in June
2007 and earned Wagoner some of the best reviews of his career. Over
the summer, he also was the opening act for the influential rock duo White
Stripes at a sold-out show at New York's Madison Square Garden.
"I was thinking while on stage last night, 'This is the biggest, most well-
known arena in the country, and here I am performing at it,'" he told The
Associated Press at the time.
The Missouri-born Wagoner signed with RCA Records in 1955 and joined
the Opry in 1957. "It's the greatest place in the world to have a career in
country music," he said in 1997.
His showmanship, rhinestone suits and pompadoured hair made him
famous, with his own syndicated TV show, "The Porter Wagoner Show,"
for 21 years beginning in 1960. It was one of the first syndicated shows
to come out of Nashville, and it set a pattern for many others.
"Some shows are mechanical, but ours was not polished and slick," he said
in 1982.
(I must admit, as a kid I HATED his show. He was the epitome of my old
man's generation, a hick. I had to get a lot older before I gained any
appreciation of Porter.)
Among his hits, many of which he wrote or co-wrote, were "Carroll County
Accident," "A Satisfied Mind," "Company's Comin'," "Skid Row Joe," "Misery
Loves Company" and "Green Green Grass of Home."
The songs often told stories of tragedy or despair. In "Carroll County
Accident," a married man having an affair is killed in a car crash; "Skid
Row Joe" deals with a once-famous singer who's lost everything.
(MY all-time favorite is "The Rubber Room", a great psych-hillbilly hybrid
about the looney bin. There's a sequel to it, "Committed To Parkview",
written by Johnny Cash about a Nashville asylum both Porter and Johnny
spent some time in, on his new album.)
In 2002, Wagoner was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
To many music fans, though, he was best known as the man who boosted
Parton's career. He had hired the 21-year-old singer as his duet partner in
1967, when she was just beginning to gain notice through songs such
as "Dumb Blonde."
They were the Country Music Association's duo of the year in 1970 and
1971, recording hit duets including "The Last Thing on My Mind."
Parton's solo country records, such as her autobiographical "Coat of Many
Colors," also began climbing the charts in the early 1970s. She wrote the
pop standard "I Will Always Love You" in 1973 after Wagoner suggested
she shift from story songs to focus on love songs.
The two quit singing duets in 1974 and she went on to wide stardom with
pop hits and movies such as "9 to 5," whose theme song was also a hit
for her. Wagoner sued her for $3 million in assets, but they settled out of
court in 1980. He said later they were always friendly, "but it's a fact that
when you're involved with attorneys and companies that have them on
retainer, it makes a different story."
At a charity roast for Wagoner in 1995, she explained the breakup this
way: "We split over creative differences. I was creative, and Porter was
different."
He said in a 1982 Associated Press interview that his show "was a training
ground for her; she learned a great deal and I exposed her to very
important people and the country music fans."
She was present at the ceremony in May 2007 honoring Wagoner on his
silver anniversary with the Opry. At the time, he called Parton "one of my
best friends today." She also visited him in the hospital as he battled
cancer.
Wagoner was born in West Plains, Mo., and became known as "The Thin
Man From West Plains" because of his lanky frame. He recalled that he spent hours as a child pretending to be an Opry performer, using a tree
stump as a stage.
He started in radio, then became a regular on the "Ozark Jubilee," one of
the first televised national country music shows. On the Opry since 1957,
he joined Roy Acuff and other onetime idols.
At one point his wardrobe included more than 60 handmade rhinestone
suits. (Most of them were Nudie suits, I think. He had a snazzy purple
one on when I saw him.)
"Rhinestone suits are just beautiful under the lights," he said. "They've
become a big part of my career. I get more compliments on my outfits
than any other entertainer -- except for Liberace."
While he continued with the Opry, and even had a small part in the 1982
movie "Honky Tonk Man" starring Clint Eastwood, his recording career
dried up in the 1980s.
"I stopped making records because I didn't like the way they were wanting
me to record," he said. "When RCA dropped me from the label, I didn't
really care about making records for another label because I didn't have
any say in what they would release and how they would make the records
and so forth."
After his New York show in 2007, tears came to his eyes as he recalled the
reaction.
"The young people I met backstage, some of them were 20 years old.
They wanted to get my autograph and tell me they really liked me. If
only they knew how that made me feel, like a new breath of fresh air.
To have new fans now is a tremendous thing."
(I'm not 20, but seeing him in May made me a new fan. He was great.
Rest in Peace, Porter!)
Disclaimer: These are my opinions and not fact as realised in these here United States, lest I give my friends the idea that everyone thinks like me.
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Pappy Hamel
Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:28 am
... Porter is joined at that great honky-tonk in the sky by a western swing artist from my neck of the woods:
http://www.legacy.com/Can/Obituaries.as ... D=96842355
HAMEL David Marcel Better known as `Pappy' March 6, 1927 ~ October 7, 2007 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of David `Pappy' Hamel who died peacefully at home in Langley, BC on Sunday, October 7, 2007 leaving his beloved wife, Louise, and son, Justin. Pappy was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, raised in Davidson, Saskatchewan having served in the Navy, RCMP (Air Division) Reg. #10955, later embracing his aviation interests along with his music. He lived a full life having achieved recognition in 4 Music Halls of Fame (Country & Western Swing) and Aviator of the Year (Langley Aero Club, Canadian Museum of Flight). He has literally instructed thousands of pilots, both local and international, at Fort Langley Seaplane base over the past 40 years. ''The song has ended, but the melody lingers on.'' A `Celebration of Life' will be held at Noon, Saturday, November 3rd, Shannon Hall, Cloverdale Rodeo & Exhibition, 6050A 176th St., Surrey, BC. Dress: Casual Attire. Musician & Aviator friends are encouraged to bring a song and/or story. Contact: Louise Hamel, pappy@dowco.com (604) 534-3708. In memory of ''Pappy'' consider a donation to Canadian Museum of Flight, Langley Airport, Hangar 3 5333 216 St., Langley, BC, V2Y 2N3.
Published in the Vancouver Sun and/or The Province from 10/27/2007 - 10/28/2007.
http://www.legacy.com/Can/Obituaries.as ... D=96842355
HAMEL David Marcel Better known as `Pappy' March 6, 1927 ~ October 7, 2007 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of David `Pappy' Hamel who died peacefully at home in Langley, BC on Sunday, October 7, 2007 leaving his beloved wife, Louise, and son, Justin. Pappy was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, raised in Davidson, Saskatchewan having served in the Navy, RCMP (Air Division) Reg. #10955, later embracing his aviation interests along with his music. He lived a full life having achieved recognition in 4 Music Halls of Fame (Country & Western Swing) and Aviator of the Year (Langley Aero Club, Canadian Museum of Flight). He has literally instructed thousands of pilots, both local and international, at Fort Langley Seaplane base over the past 40 years. ''The song has ended, but the melody lingers on.'' A `Celebration of Life' will be held at Noon, Saturday, November 3rd, Shannon Hall, Cloverdale Rodeo & Exhibition, 6050A 176th St., Surrey, BC. Dress: Casual Attire. Musician & Aviator friends are encouraged to bring a song and/or story. Contact: Louise Hamel, pappy@dowco.com (604) 534-3708. In memory of ''Pappy'' consider a donation to Canadian Museum of Flight, Langley Airport, Hangar 3 5333 216 St., Langley, BC, V2Y 2N3.
Published in the Vancouver Sun and/or The Province from 10/27/2007 - 10/28/2007.
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My colleague Raj Singh - a highly experienced, skilled and devoted Youth Worker from Dudley, West Midlands, UK. Rest in Peace, mate.
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Andy P. Davies wrote:My colleague Raj Singh - a highly experienced, skilled and devoted Youth Worker from Dudley, West Midlands, UK. Rest in Peace, mate.
I'm so sorry, Andy.
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